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Letters .Patient No. 77,605, dated May l5, 1868.

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` 'T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Bc it known that I, ELIJAI! I-I. GRAY, o t Winchester, in the county of Scott, und State of Illinois, have invented certain new and 'useful Improvements in Glothes-Line Hooks; and I do 4hereby declare that the.fol

lowing is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying`drawings,and 1 to the letters of reference marked thereon,^which form :t part of this speciicatiomdn which-- Figure l is a. longitudinal section, and' I Figure 2- u. to'p'view.

The object of this invention is to furnish n. convenient device for holding and tightening clothes-lilies, and the n'ziture of itA consists in the novel arrangement of such `runechenital contrivancee as will be hereinafter described. i* Y. v y To enable others skilled in the art to make and use' it, will proceed to describe its construction and operativi. v l

A represents aber of metal, with a. hook formed nt one end. The under side of this bar,- totvards'its opposite end, shonldhc inclined orbevelled, es seen in iig. l, the object of which will be more apparent hereafter'.

l b are jaws, riveted at each side of bar A. Between the outer ends of 'these jaws is thel pulley C..

drcprcscnts a cam-lever, provided with spring g. The upper end of this spring slides on the inclined side of barA, as fullyshown in lig. 1. The lever d islpivoted between the jaws b b, sutlciently near tothe 'p ulley,

that, when it-is pressed down, the `cord Diwill be securely held between them; and'in order inox-e thoroughly to prevent the cord from slipping, the end of the lever is serrated.

In using my invention, I .pass the hook through a. stztple, or anything th'atnill hold it. 'I then run one end of the cord between the lever and pulley, and when it is drawn sufficiently' tight, the lever isbronght down in position, which will retcin it at :my desired tension. -v

l What I claim as new, und desire to secure by Letters Patent, isf- The hook A, provided-with jaws b b, in combination with cam-lever d, spring y', nnd\pulley C, all arranged substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingas my own, I ax my signature in preseneeof two witnesses.

Y l ELIJAH H. GRAY.

Witnesses S. l?. BROWN, W." W. CHAPMAN. 

